Children of War (2023)

裏社会で名をはせていたジミーも今は静かな街デンバーで堅気の事業をしている。だがある日かつてのボスに弱みを握られ悪事を働くことに。計画に失した彼に、冷酷なボスの制裁が迫る。

Gabriel, Bobby and Costa are old friends from Altona, a multicultural hood in Hamburg. Just out of prison, Gabriel wants to turn his back on crime, but the others continue to operate as petty criminals. Friendships are tested as the trio navigate a dark world of mafia bosses and deals gone wrong.

When you read the title ‘Summer on the Balcony’ you probably think it will be a light Berlin summer comedy but it’s not. This film is an intimate study of two women friends who come to each other because of troubles with everyday life and with men and thus try to enjoy a life based on their ideas.

From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It’s about power and weakness, delinquents and victims, and the difficulties a 15-year-old faces in a poor and criminal environment.

Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speaking part of Tornedalen in Swedish Laponia, close to the Finnish border. Their big dream is to become rock stars. In the present the now grown-up Matti feels guilt for the death of his drug-addicted rock star friend Niila.

中年男に体を売って生活するマイクは、緊張すると昏睡状態に陥るナルコレプシー病を持つ。一方スコットは良家のボンボンながら、家出をしていた。そんな二人がマイクの母親探しの旅に出る。

ジム・ジャームッシュ長編映画第1作。ウィリーはニューヨークに10年住んでいる。ハンガリー出身で本名はベラ・モルナー。ある日彼のもとに、クリーブランドに住むおばさんから、16歳のいとこエヴァがアメリカでの新しい生活を始めるべくブタペストから来るが、自分が急に入院することになってしまった為、10日間ほど預かってほしいという電話がかかってくる……。

Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services, Zed soon finds himself trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and a call-girl named Zoe all conspire to turn the robbery into a very bloody siege.

The Polish film based on the book of the same name by Wladyslaw Reymont. Taking place in the nineteenth century town of Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid industrial expansion shown through the eyes of one Polish town.

Michaela, an epileptic, enrolls in college to study education. She goes off her medication and soon begins hearing voices and seeing apparitions that tell her to avoid religious objects, although she is devoutly Roman Catholic. One priest scoffs at the idea that Michaela could be possessed by demons, but a younger pastor arranges an exorcism for the young woman.

An OCD gay twentysomething considers a romantic life with a struggling actress he meets at an S&M-themed party.

Holly, traumatized by her mother's accidental death, develops selective mutism. Her father takes her to his workplace at a natural wetland hoping to help her recover. Holly befriends a wounded swan and nurtures it back to health. The swan helps Holly become happy again, and eventually to outgrow the trauma of her mother's death. Unfortunately, a man with evil intentions steals the swan, leading Holly and her father into difficult search for her best friend.

　フランス、ヌーヴェル・ヴァーグの決定打と言わしめたジャン＝リュック・ゴダール監督の最高傑作。警官を殺してパリに逃げて来た自転車泥棒のミシェルは、アメリカ人の恋人パトリシアとお互い自由で束縛のない関係を楽しんでいた。そんなある日、彼の元に警察の手が及んでくる。パトリシアはミシェルの愛を確かめる為、彼の居場所を警察に密告、そして彼にも同様に警察が追ってきた事を伝えるが……。

Ronya lives happily in her father's castle until she comes across a new playmate, Birk, in the nearby dark forest. The two explore the wilderness, braving dangerous Witchbirds and Rump-Gnomes. But when their families find out Birk and Ronja have been playing together, they forbid them to see each other again. Indeed, their fathers are competing robber chieftains and bitter enemies. Now the two spunky children must try to tear down the barriers that have kept their families apart for so long.

妻とその愛人を射殺したかどでショーシャンク刑務所送りとなった銀行家アンディ。初めは戸惑っていたが、やがて彼は自ら持つ不思議な魅力ですさんだ受刑者達の心を掴んでゆく。そして20年の歳月が流れた時、彼は冤罪を晴らす重要な証拠をつかむ。

州立精神病院にひとりの男が収容された。彼の名はR·P·マクマーフィ。極めて自由な精神を持ち、体制やルールに徹底して反発する彼は、慇懃な仮面を被った絶対権力者であるラチェット看護士と衝突する。不屈の姿勢を崩さないマクマーフィの影響で、体制によって無気力な人間にされていた患者たちが次第に心を取り戻し始めるのだが…。

In the style of a documentary this tragic comedy tells the story of a relationship crisis between two married couples and their longing to break out of their miserable daily lives. In this East German post-wall movie Andreas Dresen introduces the sad everyday life of two couples from Frankfurt an der Oder in a honest and tolerable manner.

A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.

ロサンゼルスのダウンタウンに立つ古びたホテル。そこには奇妙な人々が社会から隔絶されたかのようにひっそりと暮らしていた。ところが、トムトムの親友イジーが屋根から飛び降りるという事件が起きた。FBIの捜査官がやってきて捜査を開始する。イジーがメディア王の息子だったことから、住人たちはイジーの同室だったジェロニモのタールで描いた絵をイジーの絵として売ろうとする。 一方、トムトムはエロイーズに恋をして追いかけ始める。はじめは逃げていたエロイーズだったが、次第にトムトムの純粋さに心を開き始めるが…。

Tobi and Achim, the pride of the local crew club, have been the best of friends for years and are convinced that nothing will ever stand in the way of their friendship. They look forward to the upcoming summer camp and the crew competition. Then the gay team from Berlin arrives and Tobi is totally confused. The evening before the races begin, the storm that breaks out is more than meteorlogical...